Meeting/Event Information

Top Ten Holiday Employment Concerns
Presented by Jonathan O. Harris, Attorney, Ogletree Deakins

The holidays will quickly be upon us, and many in the workplace want to hold company functions, decorate the office, and give one another gifts.  Any of these seemingly innocent actions can bring a new set of challenges for HR professionals, and liability can quickly arise.  Additionally, there are certain accommodations that may be requested and wage and hour concerns to manage. This session will feature a legal overview of the holiday concerns that all HR professionals need to be aware of and include a discussion of various real-world scenarios and best practices on how to handle them.

Schedule: Doors open at 7:15 am for registration and networking. Buffet breakfast begins at 7:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 8:00 am.
Breakfast:

• Members: $18 by end of business Tuesday, November 7, $24 afterwards*
• Future Members: $24 by end of business Tuesday, November 7, $32 afterwards.* (See below)**
• MT|SHRM Students: $9 by end of business Tuesday, November 7, $12 afterwards.*
  

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 1 hour of General HR recertification credit."MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

Biography: Mr. Harris represents management in a wide variety of employment-related matters. In addition to defending single-plaintiff lawsuits, Mr. Harris also represents employers in class and collective actions. He has handled countless EEOC charges and defended employers in lawsuits brought by the EEOC, including matters where the agency has asserted systemic claims on behalf of multiple claimants.

Mr. Harris is a frequent speaker on topics relating to all types of employment issues, and he works with clients on preventive strategies to avoid discrimination, retaliation and other employment claims. After graduating from the Washington University School of Law, from 2000 to 2001 Mr. Harris served as a law clerk for the Honorable E. Richard Weber, a United States District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri.

Mr. Harris is a Fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Mr. Harris has been recognized by the publications The Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers, and his peers have rated him as "AV Preeminent" in Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Harris is the co-chair of the Labor and Employment Section of the Nashville Bar Association, a member of the Tennessee Bar Association's Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Council, and a board member of Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resources Managers.

** Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a new 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.